Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, popularly known as MBS, lost all his Western friends with a snap of a finger following the brutal assassination of Jamal Khashoggi at a Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October 2018. The CIA concluded that MBS had given the order for the killing, wher
Read Full StoryWhen Kim Jong-Un threatened to unleash nuclear missiles at the United States, the West laughed. But when Vladimir Putin did the same, the West took the threat seriously. The reason North Korea will never nuke South Korea or Japan, let alone the U.S. - unless America makes the first move to destroy N
Read Full StoryFrom "no limits" partnership announced by China and Russia in February 2022 to the latest pledge to drive something that hasn't been seen by the civilization in 100 years, the West is very concerned. Thanks to the United States' strategic errors - and arrogance - Beijing and Moscow are now closer th
Read Full StoryWhen Mahathir Mohamad was asked in 2003 by Asiaweek how he would like his legacy to be remembered, he said - "Oh, I really don't care. In 40 years, I'm not going to be around and when you're dead, people will say nasty things about you. It doesn't make a difference to me." That was during his first
Read Full StoryWhen arch-rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran announced they were restoring diplomatic relations, the world was stunned. The split between the two main sects within Islam, Saudi-led Sunni Islam and Iran-led Shia Islam, goes back some 1,400 years in a dispute over who should succeed the Prophet Muhammad as
Read Full StoryOperation Lalang (Operasi Lalang in Malay), which means "Operation Weeding" was a major crackdown launched by the Royal Malaysian Police in 1987 to prevent the repeat of racial riots in the country. It was the biggest operation of its kind under Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad after racial tensions
Read Full StoryCosting US$32 million a pop, the U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone can be armed with a variety of weaponry, including up to eight laser-guided Air-to-Ground Missile-114 Hellfire. Also known as "Predator B", the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) can loiter at up to 50,000 feet for more than 27 hours, gath
Read Full StoryWhen Biden took office, the U.S. inflation was only 1.4% while the gasoline price was US$2.39 per gallon. Today, inflation is at 6.4% and the gas is US$3.47. And that was after pumping trillions of dollars into the financial system to make sure the system did not crash. After bailing out Silicon Val
Read Full StorySilicon Valley Bank (SVB) said on Wednesday (March 8) that it would like to raise some funds - US$2.2 billion to be precise. Investors as well as venture capitalists were surprised that the bank - 16th biggest in the United States, with US$209 billion in assets - suddenly needed so much money. Withi
Read Full StoryAnwar Ibrahim's pledge to crack down on corruption has sent shivers down the spine of many corrupt politicians, including three former Prime Ministers - Mahathir Mohamad, Muhyiddin Yassin and Ismail Sabri. But they are not the only sharks identified. Powerful politicians like Daim Zainuddin and supe
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